myEtymology.com: English etymology of monkish

Etymology of the English word monkish

the English word monkish

derived from the English word monk

derived from the Latin word monachus (monk)

derived from the Late Greek word monachus

derived from the Greek word monachos, μόναχος

derived from the Greek word monos, μόνος (alone; single; remaining; sole or single; by implication, mere)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-

using the English suffix -ish